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Ch. 16-1 The Americas

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 5hrs 0mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
In the Southwest, which Native Americans used adobe and stone to build multistoried, apartment-like structures built into the protective cliffs?
a)
Adena
b)
Hopewell
c)
Anasazi (pueblos)
d)
Inuit
2.

What became the most important food to the early native people of the Americas?

a)

Wheat

b)

Barley

c)

Millet

d)

Corn

3.

2 groups the Hopewell and Mississippians settled in the eastern part of the present day United States. What aspect of their culture did they share?

a)

They all built chinampas

b)

They all built Pueblos

c)

They all built observatories

d)

They all built mounds

4.

The Americas are made up of North America, South America, Central America and the Caribbean.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

According to some scientists, how did ancient people cross from Asia to North America?

a)

Using a primitive raft

b)

By Viking ship

c)

Across a large glacier

d)

Using a land bridge

6.
What the two major mountain ranges are located in the Americas?
a)
Rocky Mts. and Brazilian Highlands
b)
Rocky Mts. and Andes Mts.
c)
Andes Mts. and Appalachian Mts.
d)
Appalachian Mts. and Sierra Madre 
7.
Which physical feature stretches 4,500 miles along the west coast of South America?
a)
Sierra Madre Mountains
b)
Atacama Desert
c)
Amazon River
d)
Andes Mountains
8.
What large mountain range is pictured here?
a)
Catskill Moutains
b)
Rocky Moutanins
c)
Appalachian Mountains
9.
What is a narrow piece of land that connects two larger  areas of land?
a)
Peninsula
b)
Island
c)
Inlet
d)
Isthmus
10.

People who wander from place to place and have no settled home are called

a)

migration.

b)

glacier.

c)

origin story.

d)

nomads.

11.
Which of these enabled American Indians to settle in permanent villages?
a)
trading
b)
hunting
c)
herding
d)
farming
12.

The longest river in North America is the

a)

Amazon

b)

Mississippi

c)

Nile

13.

This is a type of corn.

a)

Cacau

b)

chinampas

c)

Montezuma

d)

maize

14.

According to most historians, how did the first people come to the Americas?

a)

The crossed the Atlantic ocean on boats

b)

The crossed the Pacific ocean on boats

c)

A land bridge that crossed the Bering Strait

d)

North America used to be connected to Europe

15.

Is this a map of North America or South America?

a)

North America

b)

South America

16.

The Mississippi is the biggest __________ in North America.

a)

river

b)

mountain

c)

prairie

17.

The Andes Mountains are in __________.

a)

South America

b)

Central America

c)

North America

18.
The ____________ are the largest mountain system in North American.
a)
Rocky Mountains
b)
Appalachian Mountains
c)
Nova Scotia Mountains
d)
Lawerence Mountains
19.
When the first americans crossed the land bridge from Asia (Siberia), where did they land?
a)
Maine
b)
New York
c)
Texas
d)
Alaska
20.

Maize

a)

The most important food in the Americas. Maize is corn.

b)

Material used to build the houses in the Americas

c)

Civilization who defeated the Spanish